Clothes wringer



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i w. A. FRAN-rz CLOTHES WRINGER 'original Filed July 24. 1922 @Mlm Serial No. 577,120, and 'filed July 24, 1922,`

Patented June 2,2, 1926.

' UNITED STATI-:s

WALTER A. FaANzrz, or CLEVELAND, 01110.

CLOTHES y wnrNGEn.

leled for abandoned application Serial No. 577,120,'1ed July 24, 1922. This application led June 28,

' 1924. Serial No. 721,630.

This application is filed to take theplace of the application of Walter A. Frantz,

which application was abandoned prior to the filing of this application.

This invention relates to clothes wringers, especially those of the type used with power driven washing machines and has for its general object the .provision of a new and improved guide for conveying the clothes to and from the wringer combined with a drip board whereby the expressed water is returned to the tub 0r casing. -In machines of this character the opening in the washing member through which the clothes are drawn or'into which they Vare admitted is frequently a considerable distance from the plane of the wringer and the receptacle to which the wringer .delivers the clothes is This necessitates the use of a chute upon both sides ofthe wringer, which chute is preferably made symmetrical-on the two sides inasmuch as the wringer is generally vpivoted on; a vertical axis and operable in either direction so as to approach the washing member from either side. The great width of the chute renders it desirable that the expressed water be returned to the tub by some independent channel so far as possible; and the reversible character of the wringer renders it necessary to provide for the reversal of the drip. All these'conditions are met by m improvements along with many others which will appear as this description proceeds.

. In the drawings accompanying and forming a art of this ap lication I have shown one o; the physical orms'in which my in -v vention can be embodied although it will be understood that these drawingsare intended to be merely illustrative and not limitingA upon me. Fig. 1 is a vertical section through a combined'washing and wringing machine equipped with my invention; Fig. 2'is a side elevation of the lparts shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a perspective view 01E a part of one end of my attachment.

'Describing the parts by reference characters, 1 represents the casing of a'washingmachine and 2 the clothes-receptacle therein which may be of the rotating, oscillating, reciprocating,0r any other type whatever. Generally the opening 3 through which the clothes lare inserted and removed is located also frequently placed 'at some distance.v

at some little horizontal distance from the casing wall, and in the present case I have shown this opening as provided with a removable cover 3, though with some typesl of clothes receptacles no cover is employed.

The wringer consists ofa frame 4 mounted' upon a bracket 5 to swing about a vertical axis coinciding a proximately with one side of the casing an having rolls 6, 6 adapted to be driven in either direction by suitable gearing contained in the gear boa` 7 and controlled bythe clutch lever 8. With this arrangement the wringer canbe located over either side Wall of the casing and locked by a'suitable catch 9.

To the bottom of the wringer lframe my improved attachment is secured, the same com rising a pair of end members 12, notc ed at 13 to receive the frame and connected at opposite sides of the notches by Hat inclined plates 14 of suicient width substantially to bridge the gap between the casing 1 and the opening 3. As a result of the lateral extent of these plates and of the desirability of keeping the,wringer as low as possible, the angle'of these plates with the horizontal is made comparatively small, say about more or less but seldom as much as 40. The end members are continued above these plates to form guides 15, this defining clothes chutes to and from the wringer rolls.

The bottom part of the frame 4 is left open for the escape of expressed liquid and between the end members 12, 12 is pivoted a drip board 16 whose width is nearly as great as'that of the plates'14, 14. At its inner end this board projects suiiciently beyond the frame opening to. catch all the drip and is bounded upon three margins with a ange 17 projecting at each side to arrest splashing and guide the water'back to the casing. Its margin is also provided with a knob 18 by which it can be turned, the end members being formed with notches 19 for reception of the knob. I have shown the pivot pin'as provided' with a thumb nut 20 to hold the drip board in place.

With this device the wringer can be locat ed on either side of .the clothes receptacle and run in either direction, lifting the clothes directly out of the `receptacle and delivering the same well away from the casing, while the adjustable pivoted drip board point Without changing the position of any other part. The drip board constitutes the bottom of the entire mechanism and being freely pivoted permits the removal of any small articles which may accidentally drop through the Wringer frame as well as e11- abling easy cleaning.

Having thus described my invention what l. claim is:

l. In laundry apparatus the combination with a casing, a wringer frame pivoted thereto upon a vertical axis located outside said casing and a clothes receptacle located inside said casing and having a mouth therein spaced from the casing wall, of a clothes guide rigidly attached to said frame and comprising anA outwardly and downwardl)v inclined plate extending at each side ot the frame from a point adjacent the rolls to a distance approximately suiiicient to bridge the gap between the casing and the mouth of. said clothes receptacle, and a drip board pivoted upon a horizontal axis beneath said rolls and adapted to direct the drip to one side or the other of said wringer frame.

2.v In a laundry apparatus, the combination, with a casing, a wringer frame mounted With its plane substantially in the plane of the side of the casing, and a clothes receptacle located inside said casing with its opening spaced from the side wall thereof,

of a clothes guide rigidly attached to said frame and projecting symmetrically on both sides thereof a distance approximately equal to the horizontal distance between said side wall and said opening, each guide having aY slanting bottom and an upright end Wall, said Wringer frame having an opening between said guides, and a reversible drip board located below said opening and eX- tending from a position at one side of said opening to a point near thetip of the opposite guide.

3. An article of manufacture comprising a pair of spaced upright end members having notches for the Wringer frame and flanges projecting above said notches to form guides, a pair of bottom plates connecting said end members, one on each side of said notches and slanting away therefrom, the adjacent margins of said plates being spaced apart, and a drip plate pivoted between said end members on a horizontal axis lying below said notches, said drip plat-eextending from the margin of one plate substantially to the tip of the other plate.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix my signature.

WALTER A. FRANTZ. 

